Montagna v. Holiday Inns, Inc.

In this damage suit seeking recovery for wrongful death, we consider whether the trial court, ruling that a binding compromise and settlement had been effected, correctly sustained a plea of release.

In August of 1977, appellant Charles S. Montagna, Administrator of the Estate of Roger J. Lewis, deceased, the plaintiff below, sued appellees Holiday Inns, Inc. and Norfolk Mid-Town Vacation, Incorporated, defendants below, for the alleged wrongful death of decedent occurring in 1976. Plaintiff claimed defendants were negligent in failing to maintain adequate security at a motel and that such…